Labthrift Labthrift What to buy. What to skip. Why.

Written 9 Sep 2026. This is a how-to, not a product card.

Stuff I have is the notebook

Have / planned / pass is one list on Plan and ByteRush. Stuff I have names, watts, and the closet stay in the Plan notebook.

Tap “I have a NAS” in either app and the other sees it. That does not create an OptiPlex row. Write the leftover box in Plan when you want a hostname, watts, or a closet slot.

Two lists

ListJob
Have / planned / passFixed chips. Same on Plan and ByteRush. Ranks the ByteRush feed.
Lab plan → Stuff I haveYour words. Hosts, watts, “needs attention.” Export this before you wipe a phone.

Adding “old OptiPlex” in Plan does not flip the Spare PC chip. Ticking Spare PC does not add a notebook row.

What to write where

Use the chips when you want the ByteRush feed to know what you have. Write the leftover box in Lab plan when you want the hostname, the house number, and which service sits on it.

Pick a role on a Plan item (PC, NAS, switch…) and you get a link to the matching how-to and, when there is one, the ByteRush lesson. That is a jump, not a row copy.

What next

Rooms: how the three sites fit. Habit: learn then do. Tick rule: when the quiz is not the job. Closet U sketch: the closet map is a sketch. Photos and movies later: photos and movies are not the first service.

Skip

Sources

Live apps: Lab plan, ByteRush. Weekend order: start-path.json.

Also on this topic

How the three Labthrift sites fitNotes, Plan, ByteRush. Same path. One Labthrift passkey. When the quiz is not the jobA green card is not SSH or a tick in Plan. The closet map is a sketchU height and port labels. Not CAD. Not in ByteRush. Write the house name in Lab planName and address after you can SSH.